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>>>we're back now at 7:41 with new details on the
cleveland
kidnapping victim. it's been nearly a month since their dramatic escape from their home where they were kept prisoners for about a decade.
kate snow
is in
cleveland
to tell us how the women are adjusting to their newfound freedom.

>> reporter: good morning to you, matt. today an ohio lawmaker would introduce legislation to give the three women $25,000 each over the next ten years plus
medical care
. you see the house behind me where they stayed for so many years, there's a chain-link fence up and barricade on the roof to keep anyone from jumping in from the house next door because this is still an active
crime scene
. the neighborhood very quiet much like the other neighborhoods where these women are quietly rebuilding their lives. the tv trucks and police are gone, just a few members of the
guardian angels
in front of the home of
gina
dejesus. it's a stark contrast to the scene just four weeks ago when
gina
pushed through a crowd with a windbreaker over her head, home again, after nearly ten years. so this is basically the last place
gina
dejesus was seen.

>>right here, heading eastbound.

>> reporter: clevelandcity councilman
matt zoan has visited several times in this past month. he says
gina
has been able to blend in, taking walks with friends, a
young woman
who no longer looks like her missing photo at age 14, the puppy she bonded with as a prisoner is living with her again now.

>>she wants to get her driver's license, interested in going back to school, do the
simple things
you and i take for granted, she wants to go see a dentist, she wants to go maybe get her hair done.

>> reporter: all the things she's missed out on.

>>half her life for sure.

>> reporter: all three are safe, happy and healing.

>>some survivors are currently looking at apartments and talking about where in one case, amanda berry's case where does she want to raise her child. they're moving on with their lives.

>> reporter: tom stevens
is helping run a fund which already raised more than $750,000 to go directly to the survivors at the
house of blues
on friday,
cleveland browns
players contributed more.

>>i want to do something where i could really impact and help them.

>> reporter: the home where they were held prisoner is now a bizarre
tourist attraction
, the owner now a prisoner himself, jail logs show ariel castro has been wandering his cell naked and frequently asking for cleaning products. lawyers for the women say they don't want to speak out until after the trail for ariel castro is well over.
gina
and her mom are planning a quick summer vacation, want to get out of town for a little while, matt, but it is remarkable how much
space and time
this community is giving these women to heal.